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Mastering a Trajectory
New shooters don’t have the shot inventory to properly visualize how and where they want the shot to come together, or they have been chasing all the targets down and trying to fix the shot at the end.Either way, if the shooter is successful, it will be short-lived. We find that the target presentation has as much or more to do with the shooter’s outcome than the shooter, regardless of how much or how often they practi... Read more…
Giving 100 Percent, 100 Percent of the Time
Shooters often do not practice with intensity, which can confuse them. They go through the motions and fun, and then when they go to a tournament they try, and their brain doesn't recognize them. They're not relaxed or happy-go-lucky - they're not having fun. They're trying.What you have to do in practice is build the habit of giving 100 percent, 100 percent of the time. This includes going to the club. When you get ou... Read more…
Ego and Evaluation
Shooters can get so obsessed with breaking the target instead of the process. You can't do anything unless you have a plan.This game is all about ego. And ego is all about breaking the bird. So, that evaluation part when you're trying to learn makes it hard for everybody.They evaluate the day on how many targets they're going to break. That's just the wrong mindset when you're trying to learn something new. Once they f... Read more…
Fear from a Lack of Plan
You can see people walk up to a stand, and they are scared to death to get ready to shoot that target. They don't have a plan of what they're going to do with the targets. And you can just see them when they're gripping their gun, with sweat coming down their face, because they don't have a plan. They don't know what they're going to do with the targets; therefore, they become very fearful.When they set up to call for ... Read more…
What Should Your Post-Shot Routine Look Like?
After you break the first pair, the typical emotional reaction is relief. Wrong. When you break the first pair, and you break that second bird of the first pair, as you open the gun, the first thing you ought to do is replay visually what you just saw. That becomes a preload for the next pair. That's the most wasted part of the routine in tournament shooting. Everybody experiences relief after breaking that first pair ... Read more…
